Skyrim "Skin" flickering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvEms82lYvc I was able to reproduce it with any Skyrim version, and any HD 7xxx card I tried. (HD 7870, HD 7970 = one by sapphire, second by gigabyte), with any Catalyst (Since 12.4 to 13.6 Beta2). Thanks.

Originally posted by: cos Yep.The pixel format sorted out the color issue.However my system has turned itself off and restarted on 3 occasions in 2 days as i have been watching films on VLC media player.

According to my experience, if you upgrade to HD7970 or HD7950, the system may get unstable. Its not because graphic card itself or because driver.

These cards may trigger latent instabilities which were in system previously but were not visible. In my case it was memory overvoltage.

1. DX9.0c flickering DirectX 9.0c games may still flicker under very specific circumstances. Some games may still show "flickerspots" where chance of encountering this bug will be much higher.

When taking into account Mantle and new technology, in case of DX9.0c we are talking about proper legacy support. So far DX9.0a and b games had no issues, DX8 games were OK as well. DX7 engines and older not tested.

2. Not enough resources for older games There are two types of this bug.

a) Due some reason which is related to OS the games are stuttering, while GPU remains on 300/150Mhz. This bug was caused by OS, root cause was not found.

b) Driver downclocks GPU and VRAM in scenes which are not very intensive. This has been observed in Skyrim, Lakeview manor. This is also related to specific ingame situations and settings. Result is stuttering, but behavior may vary. If GPU is overclocked, such behavior leads to crash (game, driver, PC depending on level of OC), even in case that system is stable under higher load.